text: """
  Fixer that adds ``from past.builtins import basestring`` if there is a
  reference to ``basestring``
  """
  
  from lib2to3 import fixer_base
  
  from libfuturize.fixer_util import touch_import_top
  
  
  class FixBasestring(fixer_base.BaseFix):
      BM_compatible = True
  
      PATTERN = "'basestring'"
  
      def transform(self, node, results):
          touch_import_top(u'past.builtins', 'basestring', node)
  